Finance fair play rules may keep transfers in check

UNITED are determined to remain ‘financially disciplined and compliant with FFP rules’ after football director John Murtough again said January would be a quiet transfer window.

- TYRONE MARSHALL

Speaking to a fans’ forum last month, Murtough gave an update on transfer plans but raised the spectre of Financial Fair Play as one reason why the Reds were looking at a loan signing for a striker this month.

The club went over their initial transfer budget in the summer when they spent £225m on new players, including a £70m deal for Casemiro and an £85.5m move for Antony in the final couple of weeks of the window.

Since then sources at Old Trafford have urged caution around forthcoming windows, insisting that level of spend won’t be repeated and a quiet January was expected until the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo.